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Journal - Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania (1826)

Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · [Philadelphia : Franklin Institute] · leaf 322

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theextreme right, are seen two volcanic craters; the nearer of theseis called Autolycus (42 PI. II)., and the further, Avith a central cone,Aristillus (43). A little to the left of these, is seen the grand vol-canic ring of Archimedes (41), which is fifty miles in diameter andabout one mile in… … Sunlight and Moonlifjht. 275 Mount Athos, noticed by Plutarch as reaching to Lemnos, stretchesfor miles outward from its base.* In the distance is seen the range of the Alps, which by its angu-larity and abruptness of ascent, bears evidence to the absence of allthose softening and leveling…

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